The turnover issue with Madden is ridiculous. 6-8 INTs a game with 2-4 fumbles each team, I don't mind a back fumbling if I don't protect the ball but my recievers are coughing it up left and right. EA's board is flooded with pissed off customers. I played the game a ton of different ways and there doesn't seem to be anything that will keep my defense from picking off the CPU excessively. Not even with the INT slider down to 0. I'd like to see more ball swatting than INTs. It should be as tough to pass as it is to run but just as equally tough for someone to get an INT.
You can't see your recievers on the right or the left. The field is squashed and physics are off. The field is also shorter so 1 player takes up the equivalant of 5-6 feet. Dumping a short lob over a LB is nearly impossible because the field size to player size ratio is way off.
Lots of uniforms are off or wrong altogether. Some players are black when they should be white.
Franchise mode is aweful and heres why
1. You can't completely edit your players and if you edit a drafted player his contract that you signed him to changes to 3 years. I'm not talking about editing attributes either.
2. If you edit your drafted player in any way his age will jump to 26 years old.
3. There is absolutely no way to change the player packages IE you can't sub player formations, its just completely missing this year. The formations are there but you can't change who's in it. This is how you integrate a young player, start him off in a formation or two and let him work into the starting lineup, you simply can't do it this year.
4. Scouting does nothing. Its says if you scout a player more info about the player will be available. The info is in the scouted player profile on the right but there is no way to scroll down to read it.
5. Player progression is eratic and makes no sense. How does someones speed increase 6 points from one year to the next.
6. Stats are inaccurately recorded. Lots of INTs are counted twice rather than once.
7. 4 backs reaching 2k yards is a bit excessive.
8. No training camp
Some of it is picky I know but I don't expect to go backwards. I do think the graphics are great. I also think the general flow of the game and body physics are better than ever. The hits and gang tackling are awesome. The run game is as tough as its ever been and I love that, you really have to pick and choose your path and protect the ball.
I think its a great platform for what could have been a spectacular game but its got all kinds of bugs and missing features that were fundamental to a good franchise mode. I do think the franchise mode needs a complete revamping and there really needs to be a way to tone down the turnovers.
Check EA's board not a lot of people are happy with the game. Don't get me wrong I'll still play because there isn't anything else out there but I expected a much more polished game than this.
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